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Hatha Yoga Pradipika - Swami Swatmarama
Swami Swatmarama
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Published by Good Press, 2022
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Table of Contents
On āsanas
Asanas
Swastika-āsana
Gomukha-āsana
Virāsana
Kurmāsana
Kukkuta āsana
Utāna Kurma-āsana
Dhanura āsana
Matsya-āsana
Paschima Tāna
Mayura-āsana
Sava-âsana
The Siddhâsana
Padmâsana
The Simhâsana
The Bhadrâsana
Foods injurious to a Yogi or Yogini
On Pranayama
Methods of performing Pranayama
The Dhauti
The Basti
The Neti
The Tratika
The Nauli
The Kapala Bhati
Gija Karani
Manomani
Different kinds of Kumbhakas
Surya Bhedana
Ujjayi
Sitkari
Sitali
The Bhastrika
The Bhramari
The Murchha
The Plavini
Indications of success in the practice of Hatha Yoga
On Mudras
The Mudras
The Maha Mudra
The Maha Bandha
The Maha Vedha
Kechari Mudra
The Uddiyana Bandha
The Mula Bandha
The Jalandhara Bandha
The Viparita Karani
The Vajroli
The Sahajoli
The Amaroli
The Sakti chalana
On Samadhi
The Sambhavi Mudra
The Unmani
The Taraka
The Khechari
End of the Khechari
Arambha Avastha
The Ghata Avastha
The Parichaya Avastha
On āsanas
Table of Contents
Salutation to Âdinātha (Siva) who expounded the knowledge of Hatha Yoga, which like a staircase leads the aspirant to the high pinnacled Rāja Yoga.
Yogin Swātmārāma, after saluting her Gurû Srinātha explains Hatha Yoga for the attainment of Rāja Yoga.
Owing to the darkness arising from the multiplicity of opinions people are unable to know the Rāja Yoga. Compassionate Swātmārāma composes the Hatha Yoga Pradipikā like a torch to dispel it.
Matsyendra, Goraksa, etc., knew Hatha Vidyā, and by their favor Yogi Swātmārāma also learnt it from them.
The following Siddhas (masters) are said to have existed in former times:- Sri Adinātha (Siva), Matsyendra, Nātha, Sābar, Anand, Bhairava, Chaurangi, Mina Nātha, Goraksanātha, Virupāksa, Bilesaya.
Manthāna, Bhairava, Siddhi Buddha, Kanthadi, Karantaka, Surānanda, Siddhipāda, Charapati.
Kāneri, Pujyapāda, Nityanātha, Niranjana, Kapāli, Vindunātha, Kāka Chandiswara.
Allāma, Prabhudeva, Ghodā, Choli, Tintini, Bhānuki, Nardevā, Khanda Kāpālika, etc.
These Mahāsiddhas (great masters), breaking the sceptre of death, are roaming in the universe.
Like a house protecting one from the heat of the sun, Hatha Yoga protects its practisers from the burning heat of the three Tāpas; and, similarly, it is the supporting tortoise, as it were, for those who are constantly devoted to the practice of Yoga.
A yogi or yogini desirous of success should keep the knowledge of Hatha Yoga secret; for it becomes potent by concealing, and impotent by exposing.
The Yogi or Yogini should practice Hatha Yoga in a small room, situated in a solitary place, being 4 cubits square, and free from stones, fire, water, disturbances of all kinds, and in a country where justice is properly administered, where good people live, and food can be obtained easily and plentifully.
The room should have a small door, be free from holes, hollows, neither too high nor too low, well plastered with cow-dung and free from dirt, filth and insects. On its outside there should be bowers, raised platform (chabootrā), a well, and a compound. These characteristics of a room for Hatha Yogis and Hatha Yoginis have been described by adepts in the practice of Hatha.
Having seated in such a room and free from all anxieties, one should practice Yoga, as instructed by his or her gurû .
Yoga is destroyed by the following six causes:-- Over-eating, exertion, talkativeness, adhering to rules, i.e., cold bath in the morning, eating at night, or eating fruits only, company of men, and unsteadiness.
The following six bring speedy success:-- Courage, daring, perseverance, discriminative knowledge, faith, aloofness from company.
The ten rules of conduct are: ahimsâ (non-injuring), truth, non-stealing, continence, forgiveness, endurance, compassion, meekness, sparing diet, and cleanliness.
The ten niyamas mentioned by those proficient in the knowledge of Yoga are: Tapa, patience, belief in God, charity, adoration of God, hearing discourses on the principles of religion, shame, intellect, Tapa and